Position & proposal

Chris Hanson chanson@mcs.com
Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:14:23 -0500


At 1:14 PM -0500 6/4/97, Arthur A. Gleckler wrote:
>What is a Network Operating System?  I've never seen it defined except
>my marketroids.  What is the technical definition?  For that matter,
>what is a workstation operating system?  I'm perfectly willing to
>believe that there are reasonable technical definitions for these
>terms.  I just haven't run into them yet.

Would a Network Operating System be something like the Apollo had, where
you could (I gather) make remote resources appear local?